Necktie adjusting device for collars



Filed Feb. '24. 1936 INVENT OR.

' ATTORNEY.

Patented May 24, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in necktie adjusting devices for collars.

It has heretofore been rather difficult to insert a necktie between the plies of a stiff or semistiif collar, and to pull and adjust the tie preparatory to forming the knot, when the collar is in position on the wearer. This is due to the fact that the space between the collar plies is limited when the tie is held therebetween, and the frictional engagement between the tie and the fabric of the collar prevents easy sliding or moving of the former. As a result, the wearer is apt to tug on the tie to shift its position, and this will either damage or tear the tie, or muss or distort portions of the collar.

Attempts have been made to provide collar attachments for facilitating tie adjustments, but in all prior developments the devices have been engaged with the inner ply of the collar and were actually left in position during the wearing of the collar. The latter feature is objectionable because it renders a portion of the collar somewhat bulky and distorted, and the former feature precludes the use of the device with collars permanently attached to shirts, which is the present vogue.

It is, therefore, the primary object of the invention to provide a collar attachment which is engageable with the outer fold or ply of a collar, and which can be used with a collar either of the separate or attached type, for facilitating the insertion and adjustment of a tie relative to the collar,

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which is merely temporarily engaged with a fold of a collar and is removed from the collar after insertion and. adjustment of the necktie.

A further object of the invention is to provide a necktie adjusting device for collars which may be used either with stiff or starched collars, semistiif collars, or soft collars, and which functions with the collars regardless of whether the collar is of the separate or permanently attached type.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which serves to spread the folds of a collar relative to each other to provide a greater space therebetween for the insertion and adjustment of a tie, the device further providing a guiding surface for the entrance of the tie and a surface against which the tie is lodged facilitating sliding and movement of the tie.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which can be manufactured and sold at a relatively small cost and which is easily manipulated, and may be attached and detached relative to a collar with a minimum amount of exertion and inconvenience.

A further object of the invention is to provide a necktie adjusting device for collars which is of very simple construction, is strong and durable, which does not muss or distort the collar, and which is well adapted for the purposes described.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the improved necktie adjusting device for collars, and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view, partly in section, of the rear portion of a collar, having the improved necktie adjusting device applied thereto, and showing the entrance of the necktie between the folds or plies of the collar;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, only with the necktie in position between the folds of the collar;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improved necktie adjusting device; and

Fig. 4 is a side view thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, it will appear that the numeral 6 indicates a man's shirt provided with a neck-band 1 to which a collar 8 is applied. In the drawing the 'collar 8 is of the separate or independent type and is secured to the neck-band by a rear collar button 9 and a front collar button (not shown). It is obvious, however, that the collar may be of the permanently attached type and the type of collar and shirt herein disclosed are merely for the purpose of illustration.

The device finds its greatest utility with a collar 8 which is of the still or semi-stifi type, as the difllculty of entering and adjusting a tie is greatest with respect to a collar of this type. The collar 8 includes an inner fold or ply Ill and an outer fold or ply II, and a necktie I2 is adapted to be inserted between the collar plies Ill and I l.

The necktie adjusting device is shown in detail in Figs. 3 and 4 and is indicated generally by the numeral l3. It is generally of triangular contour and in its medial portion there is an opening I out of which a yieldable tongue or clip I5 is stamped, the tongue being secured along its lower edge to the stock of the frame member l3 along the lower margin of the opening I4. The upper end portion of the tongue I5 is bent or flared outwardly as at I6 for convenience in engaging the same with a collar ply or for manual manipulation. It should also be noted that the lower enlarged end of the member I 3 is curved or flared outwardly on an are as at IT.

When the collar 8 is about the neck of the wearer and preparatory to inserting and knotting a necktie, it is desirable to facilitate the entrance of the necktie between the plies I and II and to permit easy sliding of the tie, when so positioned, preparatory to tying or knotting the same. For this specific purpose, the improved device I3 is utilized and it is engaged with the outer fold or ply I I of the collar in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2. As thus engaged, the narrower or tapered end of the device I3 is inserted between the folds II) and II of the collar and is pushed upwardly with the fold I I of the collar entering between the yieldable tongue I5 and the stock of the member I3. The flared end I'I then projects downwardly and outwardly of the collar, and if the wearer tilts his head upwardly somewhat, said portion II will engage the back portion of the wearer and form somewhat of a prop to slightly spread the collar folds I 0 and I I relative to one another. This portion of the device I'I also forms a guiding surface against which the tie I2 is positioned as it is slid upwardly into the collar between the folds I0 and II to the position of Fig. 2. Subsequently the tie may be easily pulled and adjusted and knotted in proper position, after which the member I3 is entirely detached and removed from the collar.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the improved necktie adjusting device is easily engaged with and detached from the outermost fold of a collar and serves to permit easy insertion and adjustment of a tie. The use of the device is simply temporary so it does not mar or impair the ultimate appearance of the collar, and the device is furthermore of simple and novel construction and is well adapted for the purposes set forth.

What is claimed as the invention is:-

1. A collar device for temporary attachment to a collar to facilitate the insertion of a tie between the folds of a collar and the subsequent adjustment of the tie, consisting of a sheet metal plate member of triangular contour having its reduced body portion insertable between the folds of a collar, the inner face of said portion of the plate member having a plane surface, and a tongue yieldingly outwardly projecting and formed from a medial portion of the plate member for clampingly engaging a portion of a collar fold, the lower wide portion of the plate member being substantially outwardly curved in the direction of projection of the tongue for tie guiding purposes.

2. A collar device, comprising a plate member insertable between the folds of a collar and having an outwardly curved and widened necktie guiding surface, and fastening means carried by the plate member for engaging an outer fold portion of a collar, said guiding surface and said fastening means both extending outwardly of the same side of the plate member.

3. A collar device, comprising a plate member insertable between the folds of a collar and having an outwardly curved necktie guiding surface, and fastening means carried by the plate member for engaging an outer fold portion of a collar, said guiding surface and said fastening means both extending outwardly of the same side of the plate member.

ERNEST LANGEMACK. 

